Ben's new quilt

I've been working on a quilt for Ben's room for a while now - my quilting friends have heard about it - but not in my blog - as it was a surprise.  We gave it to him yesterday when they came to visit and he loved it.  Then later in the evening we went to Ben's house for a barbecue and they had put it on his bed- and I got more pictures.

It was the most fun to make - I used 5" squares of boy prints.  I had a hard time at first, finding enough prints - and then they began pouring in. I bought some on Etsy - and Dena  at Threads to Fabric Blog had a big basket full of swaps she had done for kid prints.  

At one of our sew-ins she let me dig through her basket and cut all the squares I wanted - what a sweetie.  Be sure and visit Dena's blog - you will see some amazing quilts, plus she's just a nice person to be friends with.  Another friend, Cecelia (no blog - and I want to know WHY NOT?) from Georgia - formerly of upstate NY - sent me a nice bundle of boy prints also.  

Finally enough blocks and I started on the quilt.  My first attempt was not good - I was going to use alternating squares of solid colors with the prints - but it was far too busy - so once those first four rows were unsewn I decided on the pale yellow sashing.  Good choice!!

I tied the quilt and did the binding in scrappy stars on blue - it came out great.

On Ben's bed . . .

A little boy - enjoying his new quilt . . .

This was so much fun - have you got a new quilt to show us?  Or a cute grandson?